We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
76 of its 129 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Mzuzu accounted for 37 of Malawi's 76 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (64 stories). Plane crash was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
171 of its 237 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 101 of Kashmir's 171 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 78 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 87 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 9 of Buenos Aires' 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
260 of its 319 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Kuwait City accounted for 114 of Kuwait's 260 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 297 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
826 of its 1,122 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 44 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 64 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Greece (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (43 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Denmark (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Spain (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Jun. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 19,126 stories about harm among 107,035 counted on 12 Jun.
The news turned to Malawi for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 107,035 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 June 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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